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mac_dog said:

You guys just can’t seem to wrap your heads around the idea that in the asian culture, they don’t see copying something as morally wrong. Period. If they can get paid for it, even better for them. Tech companies simply need to develop a better way to screen their employees and ensure their tech isn’t being stolen. 

Can the courts do something about this? I don’t know. 

SpamSandwich said:

gatorguy said:

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MplsP said:

SpamSandwich said:

MplsP said:

According to the article, they are going to “Validate legal rights.” If a police department has a valid search warrant then they have every legal right to unlock & decrypt the phone. 

Something I don’t understand about a lot of the posters here is the unspoken sentiment or assumption that we have an absolute right to privacy and that any time any government agency accesses our private data it’s abusing our rights. The 4th amendment protects against unreasonable search and seizure, not all search and seizure. As a citizen, I want the police to be able access a phone when legally necessary. I just don’t want the NSA to be doing it constantly behind everyone’s back or any random person do do it if I lose my phone.

That's just it. It's a problem when the government is unilaterally deciding a search is "reasonable".

As opposed to every random citizen getting to decide for him/herself?

Our current system using a judge to review a search warrant and then giving defendants the opportunity to challenge the admissibility of evidence may not be perfect, but it at least has checks and balances and balances privacy with the needs of society to find and prosecute criminals. The utopian ideal of absolute privacy for everyone that some seem to espouse doesn't exist.

We have a Constitution and Bill of Rights which protect the rights of the individual, not the “needs of society”.

What does "promote the general welfare" mean to you? 

This gets easier every time someone repeats this mistake:

The United States Constitution contains two references to "the General Welfare", one occurring in the Preamble and the other in the Taxing and Spending Clause. The U.S. Supreme Court has held the mention of the clause in the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution "has never been regarded as the source of any substantive power conferred on the Government of the United States or on any of its Departments."

The Supreme Court held the understanding of the General Welfare Clause contained in the Taxing and Spending Clause adheres to the construction given it by Associate Justice Joseph Story in his 1833 Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States.[5][6] Justice Story concluded that the General Welfare Clause is not a grant of general legislative power,[5][7] but a qualification on the taxing power[5][8][9] which includes within it a federal power to spend federal revenues on matters of general interest to the federal government.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_welfare_clause

GeorgeBMac said:

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ireland said:

At €879 for a 64 GB LCD iPhone, I'm going to say it does not bring value. What it does however it bring the price of iPhones higher than last year. Higher and higher. What Apple has actually done in the past two years is of benefit mostly to shareholders. And the spoiled kids of rich people.

Good news! The iPhone 7 is what, $499? "Value" very much depends on who's making the assessment.

Mike great review ... but it leaves me with more questions than answers,  I really like my iPhone 7 Plus and wonder if this is worth an upgrade? Cost isn't an issue I just don't buy things I don't need and all I do is read Safari and Mail when in waiting rooms or use it as a phone (quaint eh? lol) although truth be told I use my Watch more for that these days and an Watch v4 is on the way.  The iPhone's man use for me is wirelessly pairing and enabling my Car Play to be honest.  Now, on the other hand, a new Mac Pro is a definite yes.  I carry my Sony A7 III most everywhere so I'm not worried about camera features on a phone either.  So ...  I am trying hard to think of a reason to go for a newer model iPhone.  I suspect once it can't run the lastest iOS that will be my trigger.

Even my 12 year old grandson feels that way!

When I offered to buy him an X_  he was rather indifferent about it saying his iPhone 7 is working fine.

(My offer to him has since been rescinded for the same reason:  I made the offer because my 6+ was performing poorly and needed replaced, but now that Apple replaced it with a new 6+ it's now running really, really well.   So, I too have a phone that simply doesn't need replacing.)